Question

A deer population is estimated to be 4,350. The growth rate of the population is given by the equation y=4350(1.07) . What is the percent rate of growth of the deer population?
43.5%

107%

7%

0.07%

Algebra 2

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Analyzing the growth rate of 1.07:

If the growth rate is a number greater than 1, we have exponential growth; if the growth rate is a number greater than 0 but less than 1, we have exponential decay.

Our growth rate is actually growth.  But the rate of growth is not 107%.  The rate of growth means that we already had 100% of the population and that it is growing by 7% each year.  100% + 7% = 107%; as a decimal, 1.07

So the rate of growth is 7%